Overview
- In Villa María del Triunfo, a public combi seen on security video traveling at high speed left the roadway, hit a light pole and overturned, killing an elderly woman and injuring about 15 passengers who were taken to hospitals.
- A pickup that plunged into the Marañón River in La Libertad left three confirmed dead— a 19-year-old woman and men aged 22 and 27— as recovery teams worked across the weekend.
- Search operations continue for two missing men from the Marañón crash, identified as driver Omar Oswaldo Esteban Mauricio and Osmar William Cortez Araujo, 25, with police rescue units and a tactical drone squad active in difficult terrain.
- Regional data cited by authorities indicate traffic deaths in La Libertad have reached 147 this year, placing the region among the highest nationwide according to Sinadef.
- Separate incidents the same weekend included the death of Colombian motorcyclist Andrés Felipe Díaz Parra on the Trujillo–Otuzco road and a Chincha mototaxi–car collision that injured four, with transit forensics leading the inquiries.